Description

TF 2569
1499/6/10004

HORNCASTLE
MARKET PLACE
(North side)
The Post Office

II

Post office. 1929-30 by H T Rees for the GPO. Red brick with painted render and plain tile roof with two brick stacks. 2 storeys. Moulded plinth and exposed brick plinth. Street front has 5 windows with central doorway. Wooden door surround with panelled pilaster supporting console brackets and a flat hood with segmental fanlight above. Either side single square lamps supported on iron brackets. To left small notice board in moulded wooden surround with segmental pediment. Either side 2 segment headed cross windows with moulded and decorated transoms and sunk panels below. Above 5 cross casement windows with flat heads. Above again 3 flat headed dormer windows with 2-light casement windows. Side returns have 2 windows with similar fenestration. INTERIOR has original plasterwork in the main sales hall with original wooden counters doors and doorways.

Listing NGR: TF2589069642

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667344

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets